Toy gun



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A TTORNEY)? Patented Apr. 15, 1933 u rrso sr 'rss arent caries LOUIS V.AROLTSON, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY TOY GUN Application filed April 26,

' The invention relates to toys and has as an object the provision of atoy gun providing the combination of muzzle illuminating means withexplosion simulating means.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a gun having incombination means to simulate the fiash of the muzzle of the gun 1 aboutwith considerable rapidity whereby to simulate the action of a machinegun.

It is a further object of the invention to I provide combined muzzleflashes with explosive sounds closely synchronized with an entireabsence of fire hazard and which cannot harm the user. 7 i p 7 Furtherobjects of the invention will appear from the following description whenread in connection with the accompanying drawings showing anillustrative embodimentof the invention and wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevation;

Fig. 2 is a plan view;

Fig.3 is a vertical longitudinal section on line 3-3 of Fig. 2; i

Fig. 4 is a vertical transversesection on line 4-4 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is a detail side elevation from the left of Fig. 4 with thecasing removed;

Fig. 6 is a vertical longitudinal section on line 66 of Fig. showing adifferent posi= tion of the parts from that shown in Fig. 3;

Fig. 7 is a detail vertical transverse section on line .77 of Fig. 1 andFig. 8 is a vertical transverse section on line 88 of Fig. 1.

As shown the device is embodied in a toy simulating a machine gun havinga base 10 preferably formed of hollow sheet metal with a bottom 11desirably lined upon its lower surface with felt as at 12. To supportthe mechanism of the toy there is shown an in- 1928. Serial No.2.72.976.

verted U-shaped bracket 13 secured to the base 10 by means of bolts 14and having the upwardly projecting portions engaging the side members15, 16 of the frameof the (16-; vice, which members are shown as securedto the member 13 by screws 17 18.

The side members 15, 16 are spaced apart but connected together by aportion 19 integral with the side members and utilized to support acylinder 20 to be described.

To present an outer configuration resem- I .bling a'machine gun, thereis shown a casing '20 carrying rigidly therewith-the barrel 21 whichcasing is slipped over the frame of the device housing the mechanismtherein and formed with a'slot 22 through the upper portion of which theoperating shaft 23 for the mechanism projects, the slot being provided 7for convenience in placing the casingover' the mechanism and for passageof the shaft in assembly. V

A shield for the toy is shown at 24 formed with an opening which enablesthe shield to be slipped overthe barrel 21, the margin of the openingbeing formed with an integral car 25 secured to the barrel as by meansof a screw 26 and said shield carrying a shaped member 27 rigidlysecured. thereto, the arms 28 of the U-shaped member being shown assecured to the casing 20 by means of screws 29.

To simulate. a flash from the muzzle of the gun there is shown anabradant surfaced wheel'30 journalled in a member 31 secured. to theinterior of the muzzle of the gun, de-

sirably formed in U-shape, one of the ears of the U carrying arms 32,33, and the U-shaped member being insertedin an opening 34 in the muzzleof the gun with the arms 32; 33 secured to the outer surface of thebarrel by screw bolts 35, 36.

The remaining" ear of the U-shaped member '31 is shown as carrying acylinder37 adapted pressed against the abradant surface of wheel 30 bymeans of an arm 38 having a pressure finger 39, said arm 38 beingpivoted at 40 upon the exterior of the gun barrel andform ing a bellcrank the arm 41 of which is connected to a spring. 42' which isanchored to to house a pyrophoric element spring a lug 43 struckinwardly from the material of the barrel.

The arm 38 is shown as forwardly arched so that its top may simulate thefront sight for the gun, arear sight being provided in the form of aperforation 103 in the shield 24.

The wheel 30 is shown as journalled for free revolution upon its stubshaft 44 and is adapted to be revolved by means of a pinion 45 meshingwith a rack 46 carried by an arm 47 brought into operation by amechanism to be described The sparking means at the muzzle of the gunmay be constructed as shown in my former Patent No. 1,598,034, datedAugust 31, 1926.

To permit the show of the sparks produced from the pyrophoric material48 when the sparking mechanism is operated there are shown a pluralityof perforations in the barrel of the gun adjacent its muzzle.

To cause a tireless explosion in synchronism with the illumination ofthe muzzle of the gun, there is provided means for suddenly rupturing astrip of paper by compressed air. To this end the cylinder 20 is shownas provided with a reduced opening 50 in its upper wall and to compressair in the cylinder there is shown a piston 52 sliding therein bearing apiston rod 53 pivoted at 54 to one arm of a bell crank 55 rigidlymounted upon a shaft 56 journalled in the side members 15, 16 of theframe. The other arm 57 of the bell crank carries a pin 58 coacting witha cam 59 rigidly carried by shaft- 23, which shaft is also journalled inthe side members 15, 16 and which shaft may be operated by means of acrank 60 exterior of the casing 20. The cam 1s shown as formed togradually force the arm 57 of the bell crank forwardly with depressionof the piston 52 and sudden release thereof when the pin 58 escapes fromthe point 61 of the cam.

To return the bell'crank 57 to normal Position, there are shownrelatively heavy coiled springs 62, 63, one anchored to each arm of thebell crank, the spring 62 being anchored at 64 upon a bar 65 serving asa spacing member for the sides 15, 16 of the frame and the spring 63being anchored upon the end of an arm 66 projecting rearwardly from themember 15, as shown in Figure 3.

To operate the sparking mechanism in exact synchronism with therupturing of the paper, there is shown a link 67 pivotally attached tothe arm 57 of the bell crank by means of a stub shaft 68 shown as anextension of the pin 58 upon which the cam 59 operates, a roller 69being desirably placed upon said pin 58 to reduce friction.

The stub shaft 68 is shown as projecting through an arcuate slot 70 inthe side member 16 of the frame to bring the link 67 eX- teriorly of theframe and the link is shown as pro ecting through a slot 71 in thecasing 20 mounted in arms 76, 77 upon a removable pin v 7 8, which pinmay be removed for renewal of the roll when exhausted. The paper is ledfrom the roll through a cutaway portion 7 9 of the casing 20 over theopening 50 in the cylinder and under a feed roll 80 journalled in arms81 projecting from the other side of the casing 20, which feed roll hasa roughened .surface against which the paper is pressed by means of aresilient member 82 secured its upper end adjacent the lower margin ofthe cutaway portion 7 9 and has its lower end curved about the feed rollas shown at 83.

To operate the feed roll 80, there is shown a mutilated gear 84 carriedupon the projecting end of shaft 23 having teeth 85 upon a portion onlyof its periphery, which teeth coact with a pinion 86 rigidly carried bythe end of a longitudinal shaft 87 journalled in a bearing 88 secured tothe inner surface of the side member 15, the forward end of shaft 87carrying a pinion 89 meshing with a gear 90 carried by the supportingshaft of roller 80. Because of the mutilation of gear 84, the roller 80will be operated only during downward movement of piston 52 in thecylinder and the paper will remain stationary at the time of itsrupture.

To press the paper tightly against the reduced opening 50 of thecylinder at the moment of its rupture there is shown a member 91 pivoted upon a shaft 92 carried by the side members 15, 16 having ahorizontal portion 93 provided with an opening 94 through which therupture of the paper takes place.- To press the member 93 against thepaper the member 91 is shown as rigidly connected with an arm 95 havinga pin 96 on its end coacting with a cam 97 rigidly mounted upon theshaft 23 and said arm 95 being distracted to normally raise the member91 by means of a coiled spring 98 anchored to the arm and to the sidemember 15 as at 100.

To close the cut-away portion 79 of the frame, there is shown a portion101 pivoted at 102 to the side members of the casing 20. The operationof the device will be clear from the above description.

Minor changes may be made in the physical embodiment of the inventionwithin the scope of the appended claims without departing from thespirit thereof. 1'

- I claim: I

1. A toy gun comprising, in combination, a barrel, a mount therefor,flash producing means located adjacent the muzzle of the barrel,pneumatic explosion producing means, an operating shaft and meanswhereby continuous rotation of said shaft repeatedly operates the flashproducing means and the pneumatic explosion producing means insynchronism.

2. A toy gun comprising, in combination, a barrel having a breach, amount therefor, flash producing means located in the barrel, pneumaticexplosion-simulating means cated at said breach, an operating shaft ro-10 tatable about a horizontal axis, and means whereby continuousrotation of said shaft repeatedly operates the flash producing means andthe pneumatic explosion simulating means in synchronism.

3. A toy gun comprising, in combination,

a barrel and a mount therefor, the barrel being mounted at its breach onthe mount,

pyrophoric sparking means located adjacent the muzzle of the barrel, a.cylinder located adjacent the breach-of the barrel, said cylinder havingan opening in one end, means feeding a strip of paper over said opening,a piston operating in said cylinder, a rotary shaft, and means wherebycontinuous rotation of the shaft repeatedly operates the sparking meansand piston in synchronism.

4. A toy gun comprising, in combination, a barrel and a mount therefor,the barrel being mounted at its breach on the mount, pyrophoric sparkingmeans located adjacent the muzzle of the barrel, a cylinder locatedadjacent the breach of the barrel,said cylinder havingan opening in oneend, means feeding a strip of paper over said opening, 35 a pistonoperating in said cylinder, a rotary shaft, and means whereby continuousrotation of the shaft repeatedly operates the sparking means and pistonin synchronism, and means whereby such rotation of said shaft operatesto feed the paper intermittently between the sparking operationsproduced by the sparking means. v

5. A toy gun comprising, in combination, a barrel, flash producing meanslocated for producing a flash from the muzzle of the arrel, pneumaticexplosion simulating means located adjacent the breach of the barrel,and means for actuating both of said" means in synchronisni, saidactuating means comprising a rotary shaft, a cam carried by said shaft,a lever operated by the cam, a link connected to saidlever and extendingthrough the barrel to operate said flash producing means and meansconnected to said lever to operate said explosion simulating means.

6. A toy gun comprising, in combination, a barrel having an opening onits lower side I adjacent the muzzle thereof, a frame member inserted inthe barrel through said opening and having an ear extending along theunderneath side of the barrel and secured thereto, a pyrophoric membercarried by said frame member, means for abrading said pyrophoric member,and a spring pressed lever pivoted 5 on the topof said barrel forpressing said pyrophoric member into engagement with said abradingmeans.-

7. A toy gun comprising, in combination, I

cent the breach of said barrel, said cylinder havin an o enin .in itstop, a reel of aper on 0115 side (if thg cylinder, the paper beingadapted to pass over said opening to the other side of the cylinder, areel on said other side of the cylinder onwhich said paper is wound up,a piston in said cylinder, and means for operating said piston andwind-up reel in synchronism.

9. A toy gun comprising, in combination a barrel, a verticall arrangedcylinder ad acent the breach 0 said barrel, said cylinder having anopening in its top, a reel of aper on one side of the cylinder,the papereing adapted to pass over said opening to theother side of the cylinder,a reel on said other side of the c linder on which said paper is woundup, a iston in said cylinder, and means for operating said piston andwind-up reel in synchronism, said last mentioned means comprising a,spring operating the piston in one direction, a shaft rotatable about ahorizontal axis, a cam on said shaft, means whereby said cam operatessaid piston in the opposite direction in opposition to said spring andsuddenly releases the same, and means operated by the shaft foroperating the-windup reel when the cam operates the piston but when thespring operates thepiston,

10. A toy gun comprising in combination,

a barrel, a vertically arranged cylinder adjacent the breach of saidbarrel, said cylinder having an opening in its top, a reel of aper onone side of the cylinder, the paper eing adapted to pass over saidopening to the other side of the cylinder, a reel on said other side ofthe cylinder on which said paper is wound up, a pistonv in saidcylinder, a pivotally mounted pressure member over said'cylinder havingan opening cooperating with the opening in the top of the cylinder, thepaper passing horizontally between the top of the cylinder and thepressure member, and means for operating said piston, take-up reel andpressure member in synchronism.

11. A toy gun comprising, in combination, a cylinder having an openingin one end, means feeding a strip of paper over'said opening, apivotally mounted pressure member adapted to press the paper toward saidpermits the wind-up reel to remain stationary opening, a piston in saidcylinder, a spring acting to operate the piston to rupture the paper, acam shaft and means operated by the cam shaft for operating the piston,paper feed and pressure member in synchronism.

12. A toy gun comprising, in combination, a mount, a barrel mountedthereon, an upright shield located at the rear of the barrel and throughwhich the barrel extends, flash producing means located at the muzzle ofthe barrel, a cylinder located behind said shield, a piston in saidcylinder,-said cylinder having an opening in one end, means for feedinga strip of paper over said opening, a pressure member also locatedbehind said shield and arranged to press the paper toward said openingand mechanism also behind said shield for operating said piston, paperfeeding means, pressure member and flash producing means in synchronism.

13. A toy gun comprising, in combination,

' a barrel, an upright shield adjacent the breach of the barrel andthrough which the barrel extends, pneumatic paper rupturing explosionsimulating means located behind said v shield, mechanism for operatingthe same behind said shield, a casing substantially enclosing saidexplosion simulating means and op erating mechanism about the top andsides thereof, said casing having an opening opposite said explosionsimulating means, and a door located behind said shield for closing saidopening.

14. A toy gun comprising, in combination, a mount, a barrel mountedthereon, an upright shield located at the rear of the barrel and throughwhich the barrel extends, flash producing means located at the muzzle ofthe arrel, a cylinder located behind said shield, a piston in saidcylinder, said cylinder having an opening in one end, means for feedinga strip of paper over said opening, a pressure member also locatedbehind said shield and arranged to press the paper toward said openinand mechanism also behind said shield $0 paper feeding means, pressuremember and flash producing means in synchronism, a casing substantiallyenclosing the cylinder, pressure member and operating mechanism at thetop and sides thereof, said casing having an opening at the top thereofthrough which the paper may be adjusted, and a hinged door for closingsaid opening.

15. A toy gun or the like comprising in combination a barrel and a mounttherefor, actuating mechanism housed in said mount, pyrophoricsparking'mechanism mounted in said barrel, explosion s mulating meanshoused in said mount, a cam forming a portion of said mechanism, meansoperable by said cam to simultaneously actuate said explosion simulatingmeans and said sparking mechanism and means to manually actuate saidcam.

r operating said piston,

16. A toy gun or the like comprising in combination, a barrel, a mounttherefor, actuating mechanism housed in said mount, a crank exterior ofsaid mount for actuating of said mechanism, pyrophoric sparking meanshoused in said barrel adjacent the muzzle thereof, a cylinder housed insaid mount having a reduced opening, means to direct paper across saidopening, a piston reciprocating in said cylinder, a cam ,operable bysaid crank,

' means operated by said cam for depression and sudden release of saidpiston, a spring to return said piston to normal position in saidcylinder whereby to rupture's'aid' paper, a link operable by said cam toactuate said pyrophoric sparking means.

17. A toy gun or the like comprising in combination, a mount, a barrelcarried by said mount, actuating mechanism housed in said mountcomprising a cam mounted on a shaft projecting to the exterior of themount, a crank for actuation of said shaft, pyrophoric sparkingmechanism mounted in said barrel adjacent the muzzle thereof, a cylinderhoused in said mount and having a reduced opening, means actuated bysaid mechanism to feed paper across the opening in said cylinder, apiston in said cylinder spring pressed toward said paper, means operableby said cam to depress said piston against the action of said spring andto suddenly release the same whereby to rupture said paper withexplosive action, means operable by said cam to actuate said sparkingmechanism, means to hold said paper firmly against said opening at themoment of rupture and a cam mounted upon said shaft acting to depresssaid paper holding means at the instant of rupture of the paper.

18. A toy gun or the like comprising in combination, a mount, a barrelcarried by said mount, actuatingmechanism housed in said mountcomprising a cam mounted on a shaft projecting to the exterior of themount, a crank for actuation of said shaft, pyrophoric sparkingmechanism mounted in said barrel adjacent the muzzle thereof, a cylinderhoused in said mount and having a reduced opening, means actuated bysaid mechanism to feed paper across the opening in said cylinder, apiston in said cylinder spring pressed toward said paper, means operableby said cam to depress said piston against the action of said spring andto suddenly release the same whereby to rupture said paper withexplosive action, means operable by said cam to actuate vsaid sparkingmechanism, means to hold said paper firmly against said opening at themoment of rupture, a cam mounted upon said shaftacting to depress saidpaper holding means at the instant of rupture of the paper, and meansoperable by said shaft to feed paper across said opening intermittentlybetween instants of rupture thereof.

19. A toy gun or the like comprising in combination, a mount housed inactuating mechanism, abarrel supported on said mount, pyrophoricsparking means housed in said arrel adjacent the muzzle thereof, saidmechanism comprising a cam rigidly mounted upon a shaft projecting tothe exterior of the mount, a crank mounted upon said shaft for manualactuation of said cam, a cylinder housed in said mount having a reducedopening, a piston reciprocating in said cylinder, a bell crank forming aportion of said mechanism, one arm ofsaid bell crank pivotally securedto a piston rod carried by said piston, a spring connected to said armfor urging the piston towards the opening of the cylinder, the remainingarm of the bell crank having operative relation to said cam, said cam soformed that its revolution depresses the piston in the cylinder againstthe action of the spring and suddenly releases the same, a

link connected to the cam end of said bell crank operatively connectedto said sparking means, a supply roll of paper pivotally supported uponthe exterior of the mount to S1111;

ulate a cartridge belt, said paper extending across the reduced openingin said cylinder, means journalled upon the. exterior of the oppositeside of the mount to feed said paper acrossthe opening, means wherebyrevolution of said shaft causes intermittent feeding of saidpaperbetween moments of release of said piston, means to press the paperabout said opening at the moment of its rupture whereby actuation of thecrank causes simultaneous actuation of saidsparking means and:

the rupture of the paper by release of said piston.

LOUIS V. ARONSON.

